With that, she handed the two chicken drumsticks she was carrying to Qing Da.
Then she hurried away.
Qing Da gazed at the two drumsticks, their fragrance rising with the steam, and swallowed.
In the end, he decided to eat them both himself!
It wasn't as though the dog could tell on him!
And so!
Wang Xia took two drumsticks and secretly shared them with her friend Pan Chun.
Qing Sheng took two chicken drumsticks and hid in her room with her mother to eat them.
Qing Da ate two all by himself!
There was no denying it-the Princess Consort's sauce-braised chicken drumsticks smelled and tasted wonderful!
The jail at the Prefectural Yamen.
All the spies from the tavern had been locked in one large cell.
Their captain, Wu Bi, was the only one held separately.
"Captain Wu, Captain Wu, do you think we really were arrested because the tavern failed to pay twenty thousand taels in taxes?"
One of his followers tapped on the wall of the adjoining cell. Sound could travel through it.
Even so, they kept their voices as low as possible.
Wu Bi had just been pondering that very question. "I suspect the Government Office has discovered something. I've already sent word out. Chief Aye will definitely come to rescue us before dawn. If Ruyun still hasn't brought the money by the time he arrives, that means something has happened on her end, too."
If something had happened to Ruyun, they would simply follow Chief Aye and break out.
That way, they could still save their lives. But if even Chief Aye had met with trouble, and their master sent someone of a higher rank...
Not one of them would survive!
While they were discussing this,
the prison doors slowly opened, and a woman walked